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Hyphenate characterBaseline · Widely available

The hyphenate-character CSS property sets the character or string to use at the end of a line before a line break.

Supported in all major browsers for at least 30 months — safe to use without fallbacks. Baseline since Sep 18, 2023. Widely available since Mar 18, 2026.

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Browser support

DesktopChrome
1–105Not supported
106+Supportedsince Sep 27, 2022
Current: 155
Edge
12–105Not supported
106+Supportedsince Oct 3, 2022
Current: 154
Firefox
1–97Not supported
98+Supportedsince Mar 8, 2022
Current: 157
Safari
1–16.6Not supported
17+Supportedsince Sep 18, 2023
Current: 27
MobileChrome Android
18–105Not supported
106+Supportedsince Sep 27, 2022
Current: 155
Firefox Android
4–97Not supported
98+Supportedsince Mar 8, 2022
Current: 157
Safari iOS
1–16.6Not supported
17+Supportedsince Sep 18, 2023
Current: 27

How to use

This feature is Baseline widely available — use it freely, no fallback needed.

Example

Full syntax and examples are on MDN: hyphenate-character.

Feature detection

CSS · check before using
@supports (hyphenate-character: initial) {
  /* styles that rely on hyphenate-character */
}

/* or in JavaScript */
if (CSS.supports("hyphenate-character", "initial")) {
  // use it
}

Documentation (MDN)

Specification

Sub-features

Support for each part of the feature (2). The overall table above shows when the whole feature works.

Sub-featureChromeEdgeFirefoxSafariChrome AndroidFirefox AndroidSafari iOS
hyphenate-character10610698171069817
hyphenate-character.auto10610698171069817